The Negombo Assistant Superintendent of Police on Tuesday (3) interdicted the OIC of the anti-corruption division attached to the Negombo Police Station for fraudulent misappropriation of part of the money that was confiscated when a gambling house was raided.

The Sub Inspector has been interdicted. A group of anti-corruption officers, including this sub- inspector, raided a gambling den located on Peter Mendis Road, Kudapaduwa, Negombo last Sunday (1).

When the Police team raided the house, a group of people were gambling for money. Six persons were arrested along with Rs.440,000 in their possession. But a senior official said that only Rs.96,500 of that money was recorded in Police books and the remaining Rs.343,500 was fraudulently misplaced.

Apart from this, as it has been revealed that Rs.420,000 belonging to a suspect who was arrested from the gambling den but did not present to the Police was also fraudulently misplaced. The SI was interdicted due to these misconducts, a senior Police officer said.

Gayan Kumara Weerasinghe